Sunday, August 19, 2012

Blue Eyes

A beautiful child, just perfect,
Without a single flaw.
In fact I'd say the most beautiful child
That this writer ever saw.
Blond hair, full lips, a dainty nose,
Skin like peaches and cream;
But it's the eyes, the eyes, the eyes
That complete the colour scheme.
And this is where the cynic in me
Rears its ugly head.......
Are those blue eyes Photo-shopped
Or are they real instead?
I've never seen eyes of such a blue;
Is that something I have missed?
Will some reader of my verse
Tell me they do exist?
But there's still the wider question;
The camera can lie.
Has a little digital magic
Been added to each eye?
Views are tweaked and added to.
This is joined to that;
Digital photography
Makes me doubt what I'm looking at.
There was a time when this lovely child
Would have merely been enjoyed,
But now I feel like someone tricked
And it makes me quite annoyed.
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By a student at Westfield Park School.

WESTFIELD WONDER

An aboriginal child's mosaic,
Totally modern, not archaic.
I found it when visiting a school.
Childish art is, as a rule,
Colourful and cute and charming,
In its innocence, disarming.
But this, I felt, was a work of art
And seeing it really warmed my heart.
*

At first glance a baby face then, just not the eyes, but the lips look very mature. Suddenly, she looks older than she might be, wearing a fur hat and a white top - yet why not the power of suggestion here, I wonder, and she is just a lucky kid.

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About Me

Born in England in 1931. Evacuated in World War 2. Trained as a teacher at Brighton Training College, Sussex. Taught in London. Moved to Zimbabwe. Seven years later worked on a mail ship. Married Malcolm in Capetown. Two children, Rebecca and Greg. Moved to Australia in 1974. After retirement worked for a publisher. Three grandsons, Blake, Harry and Max. Disabled by stroke in 2013. Now in wheelchair with husband as carer..